Con artists, fraudsters and their hapless victims are a staple of the news cycle and hardly a week seems to pass without a story about an e-mail lottery scam or a telephone fraud. Many reading these stories perhaps just raise ...
Sep 19, 2018
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(HealthDay)—Four more online networks that operate 21 websites illegally selling potentially dangerous, unapproved, and misbranded versions of opioid pain medications have been told to immediately stop their sales, the ...
Aug 29, 2018
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(HealthDay)—National Provider Identifiers (NPIs) are vulnerable to identity theft, according to an article published in Physicians Practice.
Aug 22, 2018
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Academics from the University have published an article in the Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice examining mental health literacy and how it affects help-seeking behaviours and mental health outcomes ...
Jul 9, 2018
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The Reflections treatment center looked like just the place for Michelle Holley's youngest daughter to kick heroin. Instead, as with dozens of other Florida substance abuse treatment facilities, the owner was more interested ...
Aug 24, 2017
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When comparing victims of fraud to those who had never been victimized, lead authors Dr. Kang Lee and doctoral researcher Rebecca Judges at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto, ...
Apr 17, 2017
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Many online fraud and romance scam victims say they found the experience of reporting the fraud and achieving justice as traumatic and harrowing as the victimisation itself, a new study by QUT criminologists has found.
Aug 17, 2016
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People commit fraud because they are unhappy about being rejected, a new study in Frontiers in Psychology has found.
Jul 25, 2016
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An appeal to emotions like excitement or anger is a key persuasion tactic used by fraudsters to mislead the elderly.
May 4, 2016
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A Manchester scientist has contributed to a review of allergen analysis that aims to improve the situation for those living with food allergies – preventing food fraud and protecting consumers.
Apr 27, 2016
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